A Shortfall of Gravitas

[billroper]

Apparently, the latest of SpaceX's floating drone ships where the first stage lands (assuming all goes well) is named "A Shortfall of Gravitas". I have the feeling that this particular name was extracted from some screed by some snarky commentator complaining about how SpaceX's naming conventions have a shortfall of gravitas. My Internet searches have yet to turn up the source though.

I rather approve of these naming conventions. :)

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[gorgeousgary]

A flicker of memory sent me to Google where I found/verified that several SpaceX floating drone ships including the one in question are named after ships in Iain Banks' Culture series.

A list of all the Culture ships can be found here: https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft. Among other things, it's noted which ones Musk nicked for the drone ships.